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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Wednesday, November 3, 1982
Police Beat
Two Accidents Send
5 To Area Hospitals
Evangelist Roloff, 68,
Dies In Plane Crash
Five were injured in two
separate accidents investigated
by Baytown police during a rainy
Tuesday..
Three were hurt in a three-car
accident at the intersection of
. Garth and Northwood at 12:19
p.m., police said.
Jane E. Matheny, 26, 5931 W.
Cedar Bayou-Lynchburg Road,
who was a passenger in a car
driven by Robyn D. Lensegrav pf
the same address, was treated
and released from Gulf Coast
Hospital, hospital officials said.
Also treated and released after
being taken to Gulf Coast by
Baytown Ambulance Service
were Clarence E. Rose, 32, of
“7 Houston, and Constance E. Nor-
ris, of 3403 Old Oaks.
According to Officer Robert
Huron, the car driven by
Lensegrav was southbound on
G$rth and ran a red light, striking
' the car driven by Rose, which was
turning from Garth onto Noi-
thivood.
v Rose’s car turned sideways,
striking the car driven J>y Ms.
Norris, which was parked waiting
for- the light to change, Huron
reported.
Lensegrav was charged With
• _ running the red light and Rose
: . wds charged with having no
' . operator’s license and failure to
- - maintain financial responsibility,
Huron said.
Two little girls were injured in
/ an auto accident at the intersec-
; tion of Pruett and Morrell about
2:30 p.m. Tuesday, police
reported.
Kimberly G. Lindsey, 8, and
• - tammy M. Lindsey, 11, both of
: 119 Foster, were taken to San
Jacinto Methodist Hospital by
, private car, Officer R.A. Clifford
reported.
According to Clifford, the car
7 driven by Mattie L. Lindsey, also
- of 119 Foster, was westbound on
! Mdrrell and made a left turn onto
Pruett, striking a car driven by
Jeffery S. Smith, 3135' Garth
; Road, which was eastbound on
Morrell.
Clifford'said Ms. Lindsey was
charged with failure to yield right
Of way.
Thefts, Etc.
•Raymond Garrett — Reported
the theft of $683.93 worth of,
.' clothing and stereo equipment
f- from a room he- rented at. 5300
Hemlock sometime between 11:30
a.m. and 4 p.m. Oct. 30.
•An , employee of Bill Blake
Motor Co., 600 W. Texas Ave. —
Reported the theft of a 1977 Mef-
cury Cougar from the lot around
4:30p.mLOct. 27. /
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NORMANGEE, Texas (AP) -
Evangelist Lester Roloff, dead in
a plane crash, once said that if he
We work with them from a Bible-
based program.”
“Everyone that comes in hates
had 1,000 lives to live he would use « it,” Roloff had acknowledged pf
999 to run homes for wayward the strict program of natural
.y^
Court Cases
• Elbert Conner, owner of the
Gypsy Tea Room at 711 Martin
Luther King, has been sentenced
to 15 days in the county jail and
fined $100 after being convicted of
bootlegging. .7 \7.
In July, Conner was charged
with misdemeanor possession of
liquor for sale without a permit
after Texas -Alcoholic Beverage
Commission agents found beer
and liqour at his place of
business.
The case was tried in County
Court At Law No. 7.‘
• Ricardo .Martinez, 21, of
131514: Pine was sentenced to 10
days in the county jail and fined
$50 for trespassing.
Martinez had been arrested in
June after he and two juveniles
released dogs from the City of
Baytown Animal Shelter at 1601
W. Main, police detectives s^jd.
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“CREATIVELY TASTING” delicacies such as smoked octopus,
falafel and yogurt-covered raisins are Harlem Elementary School
students, from left, Karen Kurcbuch, Marc Pouhe, Miriam Carlson,
Ryan Williams and teacher Ruth Cherry. Students concluded a
reading unit on “growing” wifh the creative tasting bee.
/ (Sun staff photo by Angie Bracey)
youths and adults and one more to
be a lawyer and “keep me out of
jail.”
Roloff, whose eight-year battle
against state licensing of his
rehabilitation homes led to
several stints behind bars', died
with the four other people aboard
when a Cessna 210 he was piloting
crashed Tuesday.
The 68-year-old fundamentalist
minister was en route from Cor-
pus Christi to Kansas City, Mo.
foods, Bible reading and no televi-
sion or rock music. ‘‘... But you
wouldn’t know them 30 days
later.” ■
District” Judge Charles
Mathews of ;Austin ruled in
Roloff’s favor after touring the
facilities.
“I came away from that place
that day and I just said to myself,
‘If all the f acilities of this kind in
the State of Texas were operated,
by Lester Roloff, we wouldn’t
There were “very severe storms” meed any state laws/” Mathews
in the area at the time of the V said in April 1981.
crash, said George Burlage of the State Attorney General Mark
sunspots
Federal Aviation Administration
in Fort Worth.
Roloff used strict ‘LBible
discipline” on his organization’s
■ farms, paid for fhroughproeeeds
from radio broadcasts heard
around % nation.
White, who obtained a court in-
junction in 1979 against Roloff
operating the unlicensed homes,
said the crash “was a great
tragedy.”
“He was a very dedicated man,
and he worked very hard in
BookClub
REVIEWER’S BOOK Club
members will discuss “Anchor
Woman” by Jessica Savitch at
9:30 a.m. Nov. 4 in the home of
Elaine Swenson, 213 Pin Oak,
Defensive Driving
LA PORTE SCHOOL District is
offering sa defensive driving
course on two consecutive
Wednesdays Nov. 10 and 17 from 6,
The case was tried in County” to 10 p.m. The class is $18 and is
Criminal Court af Law No. 10. held in the driver’s education por-
table (gliding located in the park-
^ ^ ing lot of the Career Center. CaH
Chambers County 471-0950, extension120 to register
or,for more information.
Chili Supper
TICKETS FOR the Baytown
Shrine Club Chili Supper and Auc-
tion are on sale at the Exxon
Credit Union. Proceeds from |he
event will go to the Shrine Crippl-
ed Children & Burns Hospital in
reports. No arrests have been Houston. The chili supper and
made and the amounts taken auction will be held from 11 a.m.
from post office boxes has not to 6 p.m. Nov. 6 at 110W. Main St, f
been determined. 7
vln other action, three suspects Horace Mann PTA
are being questioned by deputies
in connection with a. break-in at
Chambers County Sheriff’s
deputies are investigating a Tues-
day night burglary of the new post
office in Mont Belvieu.
The Eagle Road facility’s thief
apparently had a mishap while
trying to enter the office arid fell
through the ceiling, according to
118 Miller Lane in Beach City Oct.
31. Reports said $2,300 in
household furnishings was taken.
Entry was gained by kicking in
the front door.
' A tractor valued at $7,812 and a
mower valued at $2,20U were
taken from the Gulf site in Mont
Belvieu the night of Nov. 2,
deputies said. Owner of the equip-
ment was Thrig Yoder Inc. An in-
vestigation is underway, but no
arrests have been made.
HORACE MANN Parent-Teacher
Association will hear a program
on “Computers: Their Use and
Function in the Learning Pro-
cess,” at the 7" p.m, Nov. 4
Board Meeting
HARRIS COUNTY Fresh Water
Supply District 1A will hold a
regular board meeting at 7:30
p.m. Nov. 4 at the J.D. Walker
Community Center at 7313 Wade
Road. - » '
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Church Women
THE CHURCH Women United
Board of Managers will meet at
9:30 a.m. Nov. 5 in the Women’s
Building of Grace United
Methodist Church.
REL Homecoming
JRA’S.AT Robert E. Lee High
School are taking orders for
boutonnieres and “little girl”
mums for the REL HoiAecoming
this weekend. Orders can be plac-
ed by calling 427-6581, extension
47.
East Little League
THEj EAST Little League will
holdAts election of officers from 7
to 91p.m. Nov. 9 at the Houston
Lighting & Power Co. Baytown
District Office at 333 Ward Road.
FFA Alumni
ROSS S. Sterling FFA Alumni will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in David
Kimmey’s home, 1110 Redberry
‘ Brother Roloff was a singulao^. causes he believed very deefdy
ly Seated and conii»Me9 in- in/- added White.
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lives to thousands, or wayward,
neglected and underprivileged
youngsters who had been literally
written off by society,” Gov. Bill
Clements, a personal friend
whom Roloff had campaigned for,
said Tuesday:
Last year, Roloff won a long
• battle with the state over licens-
ing for his homes for wayward
youths. The state first sought to
license the homes in 1973 after
parents visiting their daughter at
his Rebekah Home for Girls
reported seeing a, girl whipped.
The farms in Corpus Christi are
“for people in trouble — with
alcohol, drugs, you name it,”
Dave Walkden, communications
director for Roloff Evangelistic
Enterprises, said Tuesday. “We
take ones no one else will have.
HEA VY RAINFALL
Roloff lifted the small plane off an
airstrip at the farms, said
Walkden. The other victims were
identified as Susan Lynn Smith,
28;Elajne Wingert, 30; Cheryl
Palmer, 24; and Enola Slade, 25.
Ms. Wipgert was a friend of
Roloffjs, and the others worked at
Roloff’s Jubilee Home for Ladies,
said Jubilee Superintendent Doug
Haddock. The group was going to
a Service at Calvary Baptist
Church in ‘ Roosterville, Mo.,
Walkden said.
Madison County sheriff’s
deputies said the aircraft smash-
ed into the ground in a field just
outside this small town about 110
miles north of Houston and 30
miles northeast of Bryan.
Roloff is survived by his wife,
Marie, and two .children.
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meeting in the school’s band hall. Hill, to discuss their next dance.
DEMOCR ATIC UPSET -
tant public works director for the ■
city. f
Balmain said there were no
reports of flooded houses.
The storm dumped most the
rain on the east and central areas
of the city, Balmain said. Subdivi-
sions on the west side, such as
Lakewood and Brownwood, did
not receive as much rain.
Lightning damaged a power
manager for Houston Lighting &
Power Co.
^Lightning also burned some
transformers that caused minor
outages throughout^ the city, 7
Schaefer said.
Telephone service for ,
customers near the Holiday Inn
on Highway 146 was restored
Tuesday- night after a cable was
damaged, possibly by lightning,
Tuesday afternoon, said Hardy
White, operations manager for 1
. : f
line that left residents of the General’ Telephone Co. in
Pinehurst Subdivision north of Baytown.
From Rage 1
Clements carried Dallas Coun-
ty, but White got a good vote
there. White carried Harris Coun-
Republican George Strake, 46,
former Texas secretary of state.
Jim Mattox, 39, a Dallas
Democratic congressman, won
over Republican Bill Meier, 42, a
state senator from Euless. .
Baytown without electricity for
about 40 minutes Tuesday, said
Jim Schaefer, Baytown district
White said about 80 people call-
ed Tuesday night to report minor
outages.
COUNTY RACES --
From Page 1
Lebanese Army Goes
Into Eastern Sector
ty, but Clements got a good vote Comptroller Bob Bullock, 53,
too. Bexar went to Clements.by a.....first elected, to the job in-1874,
harrow margin along vVith Tar- defeated Republican Mike
. BEIRUT,- Lebanon (AP) —
Lebanese soldiers deployed in
east Beirut today ahead, of the
first U S. Marine patrols, setting
up positions at key points and
threatening to arrest any Chris-
tian militiamen who refused to
lay down their arms. <
The move appeared to be the
first full-scale effort to take con-
trol of the eastern sector, run by
the militias for the past eight
. years. It was not clear whether
the Christian militiamen would
cooperate with the disarmament
demand.
In the Chouf mountains 12 miles
southeast of Beirut, police said at
least six people were killed arid 15
wounded in another series of
clashes between rightist, Chris-
tian and leftist Druse Moslem
militiamen in the villages of Brih
and Kfar Nabrach.
The Christian-owned Voice of
Lebanon radio station said 14 peo-
ple died in fighting with machine
guns, mortars and rocket-
propelled grenades. Christian and
Druse private armies have been
battling in the Israeli-occupied
area for the past four weeks.
7 Marines from the 1,200-man
U.S. peace force contingent were
to enter east Beirut for the first
time today, along with French
and Italian soldiers, said Marine
Corps spokesman Lt. Col. Jon
Abel.
„ He said the Marine patrols
would carry unloaded weapons,
but would have ammunition and
were ordered to return any fire
that is directed at them.
The Marines will conduct dally,
Christian Phalarigist t militia
leaders issued a statement Tues-
day saying they would not oppose
the entry , of Lebanese soldiers
and U.S., French and Italian
peacekeepers into east Beirut,
but said nothing about disarming.
Three Lebanese army armored
personnel carriers were stationed
opposite the Christian Phalangist
militia barracks in east Beirut
today. Army Capt. Saadallah
Moula told The Associated Press
any militiamen who refused to
leave and disarm would be
arrested.
An AP reporter and
photographer also saw Lebanese
army units setting up what ap-
, peared to be permanent posts in
the neighborhoods of Himkeh,
Bourj Hammoud, Sinn el-Fil,
Furn el-Shubbak and Ein
Rummaneh.
Moslem leaders have complain-
ed in recent weeks about the ar-
, my’s failure to move into east
Beirut following their takeover of
Moslem-dominated west Beirut.
They blamed President Amin
Gemayel, a Maronite Christian,
for not giving the order to disarm
Christian militias once command-
ed by his slain brother.
. The U.S. Marines have been
stationed at the airport on the
edge of Moslem-populated west
Beirut for the past two months as
part of the 4,000-man multina-
tional Beirut peace force, _> ,7 7
In Washington, Pentagon of-
ficials said Tuesday that between1
50 and 60 U.S. military advisers
would be sent to Lebanon soon to
help preiJare the army for main-
rant but White took Cameron, El
Paso, Hidalgo, Nueces, Orange,
Travis and Wichita counties.
Three thousand voters were
surveyed as they left the ballot
box in an AP-NBC poll, and 80
.percent of those who said they
voted t for White said unemploy-
ment was the major issue in the
race. Clements supporters said
the top issue ” was President
Reagan’s economic program.
Clements contended throughout
the campaign that , the race was
not a test of Reaganomics. He
said Tefas was in much better
economic shape than other states.
White blamed Clements for all
of Texas’ troubles from the oil
industry’s price slump to the
credit crunch, from unemploy-
ment to high utility rates.
In other statewide Democratic-
Republican races:
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, 50,
Democrat, won another four-year
term to go with his 10-year tenure
as head of the Senate. He defeated
Richards, 45, a Houston state
senator.
Democrat Ann Richards, 49,
former Travis County commis-
sioner, was the victor in a race
with Republican Allen Clark, 40,
former aide to Clements, for state
treasurer.
Garry Mauro, 34, former ex-
ecutive director of the Texas
Democratic Party, beat
Republican Woody Glasscock, 42,
former mayor of Hondo, for land
commissioner.
Democrat Jim Hightower, .39,
who ran a strong but unsuccessful
race for the Texas Railroad Com-
mission two years ago, defeated
Republican Fred Thornberry, 45,
a Texas A&M poultry expert, for
agriculture commissioner.
Railroad Commissioner Jim
Nugent, 60, a Democrat, decisive-
ly defeated Republican John
Thomas Henderson, 75, a retired
Austin real estate man trying to
take Nugent’s Seat on the three-
member commission.
“i guess it has something to do
with the rest of the races and the
straight lever-pullers,” he said.
Gray, 54, is an Episcopal priest
and was county treasurer from
1973 until he was defeated in 1978.
He ran a low-key campaign
against Lindsay and admitted he
entered the race at the last
minute when no other Democrats
would run.
In the Precinct 8 Justice of the
Peace Place 2 race, incumbent
Democrat V.L. “Bud’West, 73, of
La Porte held the lead over
Republican challenger Dan
Nagle, 33. West collected nearly
60 percent of the votes while
Nagle brought in k little more
than 40 percent. , >
In the Precinct 8 constable’s
race, broadcaster Bill Bailey took
a comfortable lead over Nassau
Bay Assistant Police Chief J.G.
“Jim” Graves. 7_
Democrat Bailey, 43, of
Pasadena and Republican
Graves, 62, of La Porte, were run-
ning for the unexpired term of
former Constable Charlie Isbell,
who died in January.
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THURSDAY
HIGH: +6:52 a.m.
LOW: +3:12a.m., 4:22p.m.
(+denotes weak tide)
* Sun
SUNRISE: 6:37a.m. :?
SUNSET: 5:33p.m.
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Brooks Wins In Chambers
ANAHUAC (Sp) -
Chambers County
voters tumqd out in
record numbers
•Tuesday, giving the
nod to State Rep.
Jack Brooks in the
District 9 race.
Brooks was oppos-
ed by Republican
John W. Lewis and
Libertarian Dean
Allen *,$1 the race.
Brooks garnered
2,893 of the Chambers
County total, with.
Lewis sbeond with
1,167, and Allen draw-
ing IK votes.
County Clerk Nor- .
ma “Beanie’’
Rowland said 48.8
percent of the coun-
ty’s registered voters
turned out Tuesday,
with 1,889 voting
straight Democratic
tickets. Republicans
cast 419 straight
.tickets.
Entertainment 9 Is
Good Leisure Reading
Each Friday In The Sun
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Bowling League Forming
• At noon Thursday,
a meeting will be held
at Hurricane Lanes,
two jeeps each, he said.
•SC* HA
joining a senior
citiren bowling
league sponsored by
Hurricane Lanes and
the Baytown Parks
and Recreation member ieams are
Department. needed
oiw- ; ,Members.-of .,tbe
... . team will also be
will consist of both .gven a Jal
m.“ and^e" and bowling rate of $lper
will meet ope day a 6
week near the noon 8 v
hour. At least eight For information,
three- or four- call427-7477.
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